Am I dumb or this game too hard?

[alice_reading]

It took me almost an hour to understand why the jumping and gliding controls seemed so inconsistent, and even now I still find the unpredictability of them as well as the awkward manoeuvring, the slow walking pace and the delayed fire breath incredibly hard to work with.

I'm currently on the battle with the black monster with the club and I can't even get close to defeating him. The enemies are just so numerous and fire so many hard-to-dodge shots. I can't even eat the corpses for health because you need to be positioned just right over them and press C several times, by which point enemy arrows have taken more of your hearts than you've replenished. All this on top of the clunky controls and my confusion with the keys — which I continually mix up and find to be very awkwardly situated — this battle is not fun. What am I meant to do here? Are there even any strats?

Please tell me I'm not just being stupid. Has anyone else struggled and found a way forward?

[Vinny]

If you're taking on the goblin king directly without thinning out his guardians, then yes, you're going to have some trouble.

Personally, I like chasing them from the higher levels till they jump down, get huddled up in the corner, then flame them nice and crispy. Having a quick snack, then taking a few more shots at the king, before flying off to chomp on more of his minions.

[Vinny]

Also I don't know how any one can play this without remapping the controls. I use zxc for attacks, and the arrow keys for movement, and space for jump/fly.

[Draconic Sword]

The game is quite hard at points, specifically the final boss. It'd be nice if it told you, or gave you some kind of reminder on how to beat the thing.